Lameila, Rutog (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Xizang, China (33.2° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 80.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langshan Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Löser and W. Liao. 2001. Cretaceous corals from Tibet (China) - stratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19:661-667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74257: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum commune Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum irregulare He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia superficialis Alloiteau 1958 stony coral